Chair or swing seat.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GHAIR OR Bm BEAT.

m. 901,321. specification of Letters Patent. 1 Patented Oct. 20, lees.

Application filed April 10, 1907. Serial No. 867,400.

To all whomit may concern: and .the bottom of the seat is composed of Be it known that I, Lewis CALVIN BUL- parallel slats 4 extending .over the side bars Loon, Jr., a citizenof the United States of 2 and supported thereon and secured thereto America, resi at Milesburg, in the in any usual or preferred manner. county of Center and State of Pennsylvania, v Extending upward from the opposite sides 56 have invented new and useful Improvements 0f the seat ra'me are arms, each of which is in Chair or Sw' Seats, of which the folpreferably composed of a bottom side bar v5., is a .speci cation. a top rail or arm rest proper 6, and inter-' This invention relates to chairs or swings, posed rungs or stanchions 7, the arts 5., 6 and the main object of the invention is to and 7 being fi-rmly secured toget er. The 60 rovide a chair or swing having a reversible bottom side bars .5 lie just outside of and in ck supported in a novel manner for ready contact with .theside bars 2 of the bottom adjustment, or, in other words, a back which frame and are secured thereto and firmly may be .easilshifted irom one end of the I clamped against the same by means of bolts seat to the ot or so as to enable the occupant 8 upon the inner ends of which are placed 66 to change his. osition and face in either of thumb nuts 9 by the removalof which the two tipposite irections. arms of the chair or seat. maybe dot-ache A irther object of the invention is to profrom the bottom. i vide' novel means for securing and effectively The arms are provided at the ends with bra i th r v ibl b k f th t v ugrights 10 of considerable width to give 70 equally well in either .of its two positions. a ditional strength to the arms, and'seoured Another object of the invention is to proi to the bottoms of the uprights 10 are corner vide a novel frame construction embodying plates-11 which extend back under the bars means for sup outing the bottom of the at 5 and are also secured thereto as shown in and bracing the a d arm rests l the detail view, Fi 4. The corner plates tively to the bottom frame. 11, carried thus rigidly by the arms, project With -.the above and other objects in View, under the seat frame 1, 2, and form Supp rt .the invention consists in the novelconstrucj for the bottom frame and thus sustain the tion,-;oo bh tion d a f t 'wei ht of the bottom frame and the weight hereinafter more fully described, illustrat d of t 1e occupant of. the swing, while the bolts and claimed. 8 serve to clamp the arms :to the-bottom In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 frame. Extendin upward through the is a front elevation of a swing seat or chair arms and corner p ates and through the t0 embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is and bottom bars or rails of said arms an a vertical crdsssection through the same, on arranged at each corner of the seat, is an the line 22, of Fig. 1, showing the adjusteye bolt 12, the eye 13 at the up er end of t f th ibl b k m f ll d which is adapted to receive one o. the ropes .dotted lines. Fig. 3 is an enlarged hor-i-' of the swing, the said ropes not being shown. gontal gention,. howing the manner of brnc- Mounted between the arms 0f the chair 01 1% and sn porting the reversible back. seat is a reversible back comprising a tog Fig. 4 is .a ragmentary bottom plan view, rail 14, a bottom rail 15 and interpose showing one of the bottom frame supporting rungs or stanchions 16, said reversible back corner plates. also comprising the rigidly attached side The eeat contemplated in this invention bars 17. Interposed between the-reversible comprises essentially a bottom frame having back and'the arms are folding back an port end are 1 and side bars 2, thereby forming links or braces 18, two of said races a substantially rectangular frame of any debeing shown and-th'e same bein .pivotally sired size. Under the preferred embodiment connected at 19 to .the center of e arm rest of this invention, the side bars 2 are dished or top rail 6 as best shown inFig. 2, while the outer on of each brace or link 18 is pivaspen their upper sides, as shown in. 2,

otally connected to the reversible back at the point 20 intermediate the top and bottom of the back, as clearly shown in the same figure. The side bars 17 of the reversible back are extended below the bottom rail 15 and provided with projecting tongues 2L adapted to enter between adjacent slats, as shown in Fig. 2, either at the back or front of the seat, the tongues 21, in connection with the braces 18, serving to sustain the reversible back of the seat or chair in a properly inclined position, as shown in full and dotted lines in. Fig. 2.

7 When the back is in one or the other of its two positions of use, as shown in Fig. 2, the links or braces 18 lie in parallel line with and against the inner edges of the top rails or arm rests (3, by which means said links or braces and the back are prevented, in either one of the positions of use of the latl ,-r, from having lateral movement and straining the pivotal connections or parts of the swing. To reverse the back, or change the same from one side to the other of the seat, said back is lifted and, together with the braces 18, swung upward over the pivot points 19, and the parts are thus carried from one side of the seat to the other, the retaining tongues 21 being inserted between adjoining slat-s at the opposite side of the seat-frame. The reversible back is of substantially the same form on both sides, and may be folded when not in use so as to lie flatwise upon the seat frame, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the links or braces 18 swinging downward to permit the back to be placed in such position.

It will be apparent that changes may be made in the form, proportion and minor details of construction without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of theinven'tion.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. In a chair or swing seat, the combination of oppositelyarranged arm rests having bottom rails and bottom frame support ing corner plates, 21 bottom frame mounted between the arms and having end bars in contact with the bottom rails of the arms, clamping bolts removably inserted through said end bars and bottom. rails, and a back mounted between the arm rests.

2. A chair or swing seat comprising a bottom frame, arm rests at opposite ends thereof carrying supporting corner lates for the bottom frame, aback mounte between the arms, and eye bolts extending entirely throu h the arms from top to bottom thereof, said bolts also passing through said corner plates.

3. A reversible chair or swing seat comlprising a seat frame provided with side bars .aving dished surfaces, slats secured to said bars and resting upon said surfaces, arms at the sides of the seat frame having bottom bars detachably fastened to and arranged upon the outer sides of the side bars of the and interlock with the spaces between adjacent slats at the front and rear of the seat frame.

4. A chair or swing seat com risin' a bottom having parallel slats, side ars for supportin said slats, said side bars being dished upon their upper edges, arm rests extendi upward from the sides of the seat bottom, a reversible back comprising side bars and interposed rungs or stanchions, said side bars each having a tongue formed upon its lower end-for insertion between the slats of the seat bottom, and pivotal links or braces connecting the reversible back with the arm rests.

5. A chair or swing seat comprising a bottom frame having side rails and end rails, arm rest-s provided with bottom rails secured to and arranged on'theouter sides of said end rails and connected to uprights, corner plates fastened to. the bottom rails and uprights and projecting beneath the end and side rails at the corners of the frame, and a back mounted between the arm rests.

6. A chair or swing seat comprising a bot tom frame having side rails and end rails, arm rests provided with bottom rails arranged on the outer sides of said end rails and connected to uprights, fastenings detachably connectin the bottom rails to the end rails, corner p ates fastened to the bottom rails and uprights and projecting beneath the end and side rails at the corners of the frame, eye-bolts assing thro h the corner plates and extend in through t e uprights, and a back mounte between the arm rests.

7. A chair or swing seat comprising a main or. seat frame having side rails, arms arranged at thesides of the frame, and each inclu ing a bottom rail, uprights rising therefrom, and an arm rest carried by the uprights, fastening means detachably' se curing the bottom rails of the arms to the side rails of the frame, reinforcing plates carried by'the arms and extending under the side rails of the frame, and fastening means extending upwardly through the end 11 nights of each arm and fastening the plates to the bottom rails thereof, said means terminating at their upper ends in connections for the attachment of suspending ropes or the like.

8. A reversible chair or swing seat comprising a main frame, including side rails, arm rest frames inde endent of the main frame, and each inclu ing a bottom rail detachably-fastened to the adjacent side rail In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature of the main frame, a revei'sible back, links in presence of two Witnesses.

connecting the arm rests o the arm frames T I r with the reversible back, and' supporting LEWIS CALVI) BULLOGI" plates fixed to the bottom of each arm frame Witnesses:

and projecting under the side rails of the J N0. J. BowER,

main frame. 1 'lnos. J. SEXTON. 

